Chapter 36: Celebration Ball
Quick Disclaimer: I do not own anything Disney, characters, attractions or otherwise. I only own my 10 OC's and the unfolding plot of this story, so no flames please!
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Zoey's P.O.V.
The events of yesterday seemed like a series of bad dreams. Once the initial celebrations were over, Fairy Godmother had made us rest, knocking us out with a sleeping potion so we could sleep and simultaneously heal up. Lots of the other characters had to be treated too, so we spent the next two days in recuperation. When I had woken up, feeling fully recharged, I had immediately gotten up and found Edmund. During the battle, almost every second I had been worried that I wouldn't be able to kiss Edmund again, and how much I adored and loved him, so it was safe to say I didn't want to let him out of my sight for a while. Carmen and Peter had been near inseparable, and I had a feeling that I wouldn't be the only girl going back to Narnia.
But, to live in the moment, all of us were currently getting ready to go to a ball hosted by Cinderella, a thank you for saving the place the Disney characters called a shared home. We had gotten to make a wish for our dream dresses from fairy godmother, and we were finally going to see them today. We had a large dressing tent set up the front of Main Street, so we could make our entrance by horse and carriage. We had gotten our hair and makeup done, so all we were waiting for was our dresses. Emily was the last one to finish, and she had just gotten her hair finished when Fairy Godmother arrived, a small rack of dress bags appearing next to her.
"Oh my gosh, I'm so excited!" squealed Chloe, grabbing onto Kim's arm excitedly.
"Then you young Lady, may go first," said the fairy, pointing her wand at the rack. One of the bags unzipped, and in a swirl of pink, Chloe's white dressing gown was transformed into a light pink strapless ball-gown, soft fabric roses trailing up the sides of the bodice.
"Chloe's a Barbie girl, in a Barbie world!" sang Carly, everyone bursting out laughing.
Chloe could hardly speak, and when she twirled around, we could see that she had also been given pink heels, long pink opera gloves and white pink earrings that looked like vines with quartz stones shaped like tiny pink grapes.
"Holy cow! I've never felt this pretty!" said Chloe, her cheeks pink with excitement.
"Curb your enthusiasm Chloe. It's just a dress," said Julia, rolling her eyes at her friend's enthusiasm.
"Then why don't you put on yours dear," said the fairy godmother, pointing her wand first at a garment bag, and then at Julia. Julia gasped as she two spun around, she wearing a beautiful orange strapless ball gown. She also wore white heels, orange opera gloves, and amber earrings with gold trim.
"Ok, I may not like dresses, but this one is an exception," she said, checking her hair in the mirror.
These outfits then continued with Carly and Kim, Carly having a wine colored ball gown, matching gloves, black heels and ruby earrings that looked like red tear drops, and Kim getting a mint green ball gown, matching gloves, light green Peridot earrings and silver heels. Ivy and April then came next, with Ivy having a ball gown that was a brilliant purple, matching gloves, black heels and earrings with purple amethyst stones, and April with a lemon colored gown, matching gloves, grey heels and yellow sapphire earrings. Then came the girls getting blue dresses, Emily and Zoey, with Emily getting a light blue dress, similar in colors to Cinderella's, with matching gloves, gray heels and light blue topaz earrings. I then got my dark blue dress, with dark blue topaz earrings with silver hooks, and dark blue heels, with my matching opera gloves to finish it off. Finally, with everyone else glammed up, all that remained were Ashley and Carmen.
Ashley's dark green ball gown complemented her dark red curls. Paired with this were matching gloves, dark forest green heels and gold and emerald earrings. After Ashley had finished giving her thanks to Fairy Godmother, everyone turned their attention to Carmen, who was laughing nervously.
"You guys all look so great, I'm scared I won't look at all like that," she said, making a face as she looked at her dressing robe.
"If anything, you'll look the best," said Emily, smiling at her friend.
"Ok then, Fairy Godmother, hit me," she smiled, and the fairy smiled as well, before pointing her wand at the girl. Once the sparkles had cleared, everyone oohed and awed over how beautiful she looked. Her ball gown was a golden color reminiscent of that of an oak leaf in autumn, a burnt gold with bits of silver running through it, her long opera gloves matching it perfectly. Her earrings were golden flower, with the inside of the petals with tiny diamond balls. On her feet were golden slippers, with a tiny heel and soft velvet on the inside. She was gorgeous, and I wanted to be there to see Peter's jaw drop when he looked at her.
"Well Ladies, I think we clean up very nicely," said Kim, her white blond hair falling in soft waves around her face.
"Sure, unless you look like a 5 foot tall carrot," said Julia, but everyone could tell she loved it.
"Well then you make a very nice carrot!" said Ashley, wiggling her eyes brows jokingly at her friend.
"You're one to talk, little miss Christmas," Julia pointed out, and it was true; Ashley's red hair and green dress made her look very holiday- like.
"Well, girls, I think you look absolutely stunning," said the fairy, smiling at all of us. " But there is one more thing," she said, waving her wand one last time.
A shower of sparkles fell from her wand, and latched onto our dresses like tiny jewels.
"Every princess needs to sparkle a little bit," she said, and we smiled as we looked at each other.
"Are you girls ready to go to the ball?" she asked, and we all nodded, giggling like little girls as we walked out of the tent. There in fount of us stood two huge carriages, joined together like train cars. Carmen, Ashley, Ivy, Chloe and Kim were helped into one by a footman, while Carly, April, Emily, Julia and I were helped into the other.
Now that the sun had gone down, the streetlights were coming on, soft bulbs of olden light to light our way to the castle, glowing a soft bright blue in the distance. As we started down Main Street, music began to play, a song that I was familiar with, from one of the parades.
"Oh my gosh! I love this song!," said Chloe, grinning from ear to ear as she listened to the song.
"Basically sums up Disney," said Julia, smiling just as widely.
"No, nothing can ever sum up Disney," said Carmen, and I knew she was thinking about Peter, just like I was thinking about Edmund.
Stars had exploded across the sky as we were pulled along, lighting up the dark sky with their brilliance. As we passed each building, lights turned on, illuminating the streets to look like a fairyland. It was so beautiful. We had pulled into the road next to the castle, and the cheers of numerous toons greeted us, all of them excited to see us arrive. There was a red carpet with all the trimmings leading towards the courtyard.
The carriage stopped, and we were helped out, Edmund already holding my hand as I touched the ground. He was dressed in the same outfit he had worn in his coronation, a light blue tunic with a white crest of Narnia and white pants, and a silver cape to complete the look. He was even wearing his crown!
"Zoey, you look amazing," he said, kissing my hand in that formal way of his. I blushed. Gosh he was so good looking!
"So do you Edmund," I blushed, as the two of us walked up the red carpet, hand in hand.
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Carmen's P.O.V.
When I stepped out of the carriage, I had look up at the castle, never in my life having seen anything so beautiful. The castle was it's normal blue color, but it was wrapped in white lights, every one of them twinkling brightly. And that's when I saw Peter, dressed in the outfit he had worn for his coronation, his gold cape and crown the exact color of my dress.
"Well, it's nice to see that Peter the Magnificent lives up to his title," I said, smiling as he blushed.
"Carmen, I have to be honest with you," he said, not quite meeting my eyes. I raised an eyebrow. "I have never seen anyone as lovely and stunning as you are in my entire life," he said, and I felt my face flame up in happiness.
He took my hand and kissed it, then took my hand and walked me up the red carpet. The courtyard was also a beautiful thing to behold. There was a large circular dance floor, with the Disney D in the center. Small tables with red lanterns surround the dance floor, with white tablecloths reaching to the floor. There were also long tables on the sides of the tables, completely covered with food and drinks. There were also hundreds of flowers, adding their sweet aroma to the heat of the Florida evening.
And coming out of the castle, hand in hand with their princes, were all ten of the princesses, looking lovely in sparkling version of their signature ball gowns. Cinderella stepped up to a microphone that had been put up on the stag where a band and conductor sat, ready to start the music.
"Good evening everyone!" she said, everyone greeting her as well.
"We planned this ball not just as a celebration of returning joy and security to this park, but to celebrate our heroes, the girls who selflessly gave their courage and dedication to protect this park. I think I speak for everyone here when I say thank you to Carmen, Ashley, Julia, Carly, Kim, Ivy, Chloe, April, Zoey and Emily!" she said, and the royalty began clapping, followed by the cheering of the rest of the cartoons, cheering for us.
"Now, would our girls kindly step forward, so it can be our pleasure to crown them ladies, protectors and heroes of Walt Disney world. To become official members of our family and friends here in the universe of Disney. " We looked at each other in surprise. Sure we had saved the park, but now they actually accepted us at part of this magical world? This was beyond amazing.
We stepped up onto the stage, and were directed to stand in front of our respective princesses. Each of them now held a pillow with a sparkling tiara resting upon them. Kim was the first to receive her tiara from Snow White, a beautiful thing indeed, green Peridot stones laid into a silver crown. April received hers next from Cinderella herself, another beautiful crown with yellow topaz stones in a silver circlet. Then came Emily, who received a silver crown inlaid with light blue sapphires from Aurora, who was smiling serenely. Chloe and Carly came next, the former getting a crown with pink quarts and white pearls in her from Ariel, and the latter receiving her ruby and smoky grey quartz tiara from Belle. I then got my gold and silver tiara from Pocahontas, who gave me a big hug after she did, and I was followed by Julia who received her silver and amber tiara from Mulan.
Ashley received her emerald and silver tiara from Tiana, who was also wearing green. Zoey was the last to get hers from Rapunzel, a truly beautiful crown with dark blue sapphires in the shape of flowers. Once we had all received our crowns, we turned around to face the crowd.
"Wear these crowns with pride. You are our heroes and we shall call on you in anytime of need" said Cinderella, and we nodded solemnly.
Then, Cinderella turned to the conductor. "Maestro, if you please," she said, and the man tapped his music stand. Piano music filled the air, and I recognized it from as the score to So Close, from Enchanted. The first couple to go to the center of the dance floor were Mickey ad Minnie, quickly followed by all the princes and princesses.
"Would you care to dance, beautiful lady?" I heard Edmund say to Zoey, holding his hand out to my blushing friend.
"All right, but I hope you don't mind that I have two left feet," she said, Edmund grinning as he pulled the two of them to the dance floor.
"Well, Edmund just stole my line," said Peter, rolling his eyes at his younger brother.
"If that's an invitation to dance, then I accept," I said, smiling as I made him blush in embarrassment.
"My apologies. Would you accompany me to the dance floor?" he asked and I nodded, taking his hand in mine. We walked to the middle of the dance floor, and I saw Susan, decked out in an ice blue gown, dancing with Caspian. Peter put his hand on my waist, the other holding my hand. The notes of the piano began, and the song began.
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Julia's P.O.V.
I looked at Carmen and Zoey, dancing with the Pevensie boys, and the rest of my friends dancing with some of members of the court, or some of the soldiers from the Narnian army. While they looked like they were having the best time, dancing wasn't really my thing. Sure the dress was nice, but I preferred swords to heels any day. I looked around for something to do, and that's when I saw Jack, waltzing over to me with his usual swagger.
"Dancing not really your thing, love?" he asked, smirking down at me.
"Not really. Couldn't dance to save my life," I said, making him laugh. Yes I had seen the movies, but hearing him laugh in person, his brown eyes warm in the glow of the lights, it was a good sound.
"Well at least the dress is nice," he said, and I rolled my eyes.
"If that's your way of saying I'm pretty, then thank you," I said, making him laugh yet again.
"Well, seeing that you have nothing else going on, would you accompany me to the drinks?" he asked, holding out his arm for me.
Shaking my head, I let him pull me up. "Wait, let me loose these," I said, quickly bending down and removing my high heels, tossing them under a nearby table.
"Death traps, heels," said Jack, grinning as I rubbed my already sore feet.
"Don't have to tell me twice," I groaned, and then we made our way to the drinks, my bare feet padding across the smooth wooden floor.
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Carmen's P.O.V.
This was truly a magic moment, I thought, as Peter spun me around gently, the air smelling sweet from all the roses around us. I had never felt happier. I think Peter felt that way too, because when I laid my head on his shoulder, he was totally relaxed.
As we twirled around, the warm breeze of the night gently moving through my hair, I realized that this was the reason I had held on so long. To be here, with Peter, with his hand in mine, hid heartbeat matching mine in perfect rhythm. With a love that I would be with the rest of my life. I closed my eyes, just focusing on him and his movements.
The song was coming to an end, but I had to say this. "Peter, I love you, so much. Thank you for saving me, once again," I said, looking up into his eyes."
"You're welcome, but in truth, you saved me too," he said
As the last notes sounded, I kissed him, and fire works exploded all around us, filling the sky with their bright colors. As the color's fell down from the sky, they touched the buildings, and when they did, all the damages, ranging from holes in building, to scorch marks on the trees, were fixed up and made good as new. I laughed, so happy that this place was safe now.
"Did I ever tell you how much I love magic?" I asked, smiling as Peter pulled me closer. He kissed the top of my head, and we held each other as we watched the fireworks fill the sky. A truly perfect end to a perfect day.
The second to last chapter is finally finished! I actually began writing this chapter early on, but have finally revised it into this. I wanted this chapter to include a ball of some sort, so I hope I did it justice. Hope you enjoyed reading this chapter as much as I did writing it, and please just stick with me for one last chapter. And as always, please review!